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The New Frontier in Drug Development: Understanding Biologics and Small Molecules

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In the intricate dance of drug discovery and development, two protagonists emerge as the cornerstones of modern medicine: biologics and small molecules. They are often used to mimic or enhance natural biological processes, such as immune responses. Their small size allows them to distribute widely throughout the body.

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ESMO: TIL therapy improves on Yervoy in melanoma trial

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With the results in hand, the developers of the therapy – from the Netherlands Cancer Institute and Norway’s National Center for Cancer Immune Therapy – say they now intend to file for regulatory approvals in Europe before the end of the year, without a commercial partner “to try to ensure that it remains affordable.”

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COVID prompts another milestone, as India clears first DNA vaccine

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The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the development of mRNA-based vaccines, and its influence has now extended to DNA-based shots as well, with Zydus Cadila’s ZyCoV-D getting emergency use authorisation in India. Proponents of the approach claim that DNA vaccines may have advantages over other technologies like mRNA.

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AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID-19 Vaccine Shows High Efficacy

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Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine Induces Immune Responses in Early Clinical Trials. The global trials are assessing the safety and efficacy of the vaccine in individuals aged 18 years or over from diverse racial and geographic groups who are healthy or have stable underlying medical conditions.

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Novavax Announces COVID-19 Vaccine Clinical Development Progress

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Nasdaq: NVAX), a late-stage biotechnology company developing next-generation vaccines for serious infectious diseases, today provided an update on its COVID-19 vaccine program. Statements herein relating to the future of Novavax and the ongoing development of its vaccine and adjuvant products are forward-looking statements.

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Novavax Announces Agreement with Government of New Zealand for 10.7 Million Doses of COVID-19 VaccineAdvance purchase agreement signed for NVX-CoV2373, Novavax’ adjuvanted protein vaccine candidate

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Nasdaq: NVAX), a late-stage biotechnology company developing next-generation vaccines for serious infectious diseases, today announced an Advance Purchase Agreement with the government of New Zealand for the purchase of 10.7 GAITHERSBURG, Md., 16, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Novavax , Inc. About Novavax. Novavax, Inc.?(Nasdaq:

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In the precision medicine era, the line between products and services is blurred

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Personalized and precision medicines are exciting fields that focus on the development of treatment and prevention strategies for a single patient or patient group. Following a ‘learning-by-doing’ approach via continuous prototyping and testing to evaluate solutions before investing time and resources on development. Holistic view.